Security check for autonomous vehicle method and system

Abstract

Security check methods and systems over a user on a vehicle may be provided. The security check method including checking an allowed security right to a destination of a vehicle for entry, detecting a security right of a user on the vehicle, and performing a security process related to getting off the vehicle, based on the security right of the user and the allowed security right may be provided.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A security check method in an autonomous vehicle which is configured to run along a driving path including at least one destination, the method comprising:
 checking an allowed security right for entry of the destination, the allowed security right being an entry right desired to enter the destination and set to at least one of a plurality of security types; 
 detecting a security right of a user on the autonomous vehicle, the security right being an entry right possessed by the user; and 
 performing a security process related to getting off the autonomous vehicle, based on the security right of the user and the allowed security right, 
 wherein the security process includes, in a first case where the security right of the user allows entry to the destination, controlling a door provided on the autonomous vehicle to be in an open state upon arrival of the autonomous vehicle at the destination, and in a second case where the security right of the user prohibits entry to the destination, controlling the door of the autonomous vehicle to remain in a closed state, even upon the arrival of the autonomous vehicle at the destination. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the performing is performed only when the security right of the user does not satisfy the allowed security right. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 2 , wherein the performing is performed to restrict a specific user who is an object to get off among a plurality of users from getting off, according to whether the security right of the specific user satisfies the allowed security right. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 controlling the door provided at the autonomous vehicle to be in an open state, based on arrival of the autonomous vehicle at the destination, in order to allow the specific user to get off when the security process has not been executed. 
 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 3 , wherein the performing includes:
 checking the security right of the specific user, based on arrival of the autonomous vehicle at the destination; and 
 controlling the door of the autonomous vehicle to have an open state, in a case that the security right of the specific user enables entry to the destination based on a result of the checking the security right of the specific user. 
 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 5 , wherein the checking the security right of the specific user includes:
 sensing user information of the specific by a sensor provided at the autonomous vehicle; and 
 checking the security right of the specific user based on the sensed user information. 
 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 5 , wherein the performing includes controlling the door of the autonomous vehicle to be maintained at a closed state, in a case that the security right of the specific user prohibits entry to the destination based on the result of the checking the security right of the specific user. 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 7 , wherein the performing includes providing guide information related to one or more destinations where the specific user desires to enter with the security right of the specific user, among destinations included in the driving path, on a display provided at the autonomous vehicle, in a case that the security right of the specific user prohibits entry to one of the one or more destinations based on the result of the checking the security right of the specific user. 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 7 , wherein
 the performing includes controlling the open state of the door to be converted into the closed state, based on completion of getting-off of the specific user, regardless of an existence of another user who is an object to get off different from the specific user at the destination, and 
 the performing includes controlling the open state or the closed state of the door, based on that the security right of the another user enables entry to the destination. 
 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the performing includes:
 comparing the security right of the user with the allowed security right, and 
 performing the security process when a result of the comparing indicates that the security right of the user does not satisfy the allowed security right. 
 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 10 , wherein the performing includes:
 comparing the security right of the user with each of allowed security rights to a plurality of destinations in a case that the plurality of destinations are included in the driving path, and 
 performing the security process when the result of the comparing indicates that the security right of the user does not satisfy the allowed security right to at least one of the plurality of destinations. 
 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the detecting includes:
 sensing a facial image of the user on the autonomous vehicle, by using at least one camera provided in the autonomous vehicle; and 
 detecting the security right of the user matched with the facial image, from a user database. 
 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the performing includes:
 specifying a specific user who is an object to get off among a plurality of users, based on gestures of the users sensed by one or more cameras provided at the autonomous vehicle; and performing the security process when the security right of the specific user does not satisfy the allowed security right. 
 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the performing includes:
 specifying one or more users having no intention to get off at the destination among a plurality of users based on gestures of the users sensed by one or more cameras provided at the autonomous vehicle, and 
 preventing the security process from being performed when a set of one or more users who do not satisfy the allowed security right, from among the users, are included in the specified one or more users. 
 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the performing includes,
 specifying at least one user positioned within a region of the autonomous vehicle, among a plurality of users on the autonomous vehicle, as a specific user who is an object to get off, and 
 performing the security process when the specific user has the security right which does not satisfy the allowed security right, and 
 the region is near a door provided at the autonomous vehicle. 
 
     
     
       16. A security check system in an autonomous vehicle which is configured to run along a driving path including at least one destination, the system comprising:
 a sensor configured to sense user information on a user on the autonomous vehicle; and 
 a controller configured to detect a security right of the user by using the user information, the security right being an entry right possessed by the user, 
 wherein the controller is further configured to perform a security process related to getting-off the autonomous vehicle, based on the security right of the user and an allowed security right for entry of the destination, the allowed security right being an entry right desired to enter the destination and set to at least one of a plurality of security types, and 
 wherein the security process includes, in a first case where the security right of the user allows entry to the destination, controlling a door provided on the autonomous vehicle to be in an open state upon arrival of the autonomous vehicle at the destination, and in a second case where the security right of the user prohibits entry to the destination, controlling the door of the autonomous vehicle to remain in a closed state, even upon the arrival of the autonomous vehicle at the destination. 
 
     
     
       17. An autonomous vehicle that is configured to run along a driving path including at least one destination, the autonomous vehicle comprising:
 a door having one of an open state and a closed state; 
 a camera configured to capture an inner space of the autonomous vehicle; and 
 a controller configured to detect a facial image of a user on the autonomous vehicle from an image captured by the camera, and configured to detect a security right of the user matched with the facial image from a user database, the security right being an entry right possessed by the user, 
 wherein in a case that a specific user, from among a plurality of users, whose security right does not satisfy an allowed security right for entry of the destination exists, the controller is configured to perform a security process for restricting getting-off of the specific user by controlling an open or closed state of the door, the allowed security right being an entry right desired to enter the destination and set to at least one of a plurality of security types, and 
 wherein the security process includes, in a first case where the security right of the specific user allows entry to the destination, controlling a door provided on the autonomous vehicle to be in an open state upon arrival of the autonomous vehicle at the destination, and in a second case where the security right of the specific user prohibits entry to the destination, controlling the door of the autonomous vehicle to remain in a closed state, even upon the arrival of the autonomous vehicle at the destination. 
 
     
     
       18. The autonomous vehicle of  claim 17 , further comprising:
 a transparent display having a light transmittance, 
 wherein in a case that the autonomous vehicle is running along the driving path near a specific destination where the specific user cannot access with the security right of the specific user, the controller is configured to change a light transmission degree of the transparent display. 
 
     
     
       19. A non-transitory computer-readable record medium storing a program thereon, which when executed by one or more processors, causes a computer to implement a security check method, the security check method comprising:
 checking an allowed security right for entry of a destination included in a driving path of an autonomous vehicle, the allowed security right being an entry right desired to enter the destination and set to at least one of a plurality of security types; 
 detecting a security right of a user on the autonomous vehicle, the security right being an entry right possessed by the user; and 
 performing a security process related to getting-off the autonomous vehicle, based on the security right of the user and the allowed security right, 
 wherein the security process includes, in a first case where the security right of the user allows entry to the destination, controlling a door provided on the autonomous vehicle to be in an open state upon arrival of the autonomous vehicle at the destination, and in a second case where the security right of the user prohibits entry to the destination, controlling the door of the autonomous vehicle to remain in a closed state, even upon the arrival of the autonomous vehicle at the destination.